newbie asks: rate taurus firearms 1 to 10

generally speaking, pls let me know how taurus handguns would rate, compared to other mfgrs. use a scale of 1 -10, but feel free to elaborate or make other suggestions. thanks! great to be a part of your forum.

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I rate them a 9.5

I have owned 1911, SIG, GLOCK, PARA ORD, HK, SPRINGFIELD, and many other brands over the years.
IMO as a past owner of a TAURUS pt 24/7 pro and a current owner of a PT-845 I find TAURUS handguns to be every bit as reliable and accurate as any of the above brands. I don't know if I have been lucky to get guns with no problems, but I have fired many thousands of rounds through these two pistols with zero problems.

Two friends, initials BW and JA, both bought Taurus weapons new: one 5-shot titanium snub-nosed 357, and one 24/7 Pro Compact. The internal hammer on the revolver broke after a month for BW, and the firing pin on the 24/7 Pro Compact snapped for JA....ON ITS FIRST OUTING!!

Taurus gets a zero as far as I am concerned. Yes, I know zero is off your scale.

If something like a Kimber, Springfield, HK, Sig, etc. is a 10, and a Jennings, Bryco, Lorcin, Raven, etc. is a 1, I will give Taurus a 5, based mainly on their 1911 clone, which is apparently a very good gun and cancels out some of the problems they've had with every other model that I know of...except maybe their Beretta clone.

I don't know if I have been lucky to get guns with no problems, but I have fired many thousands of rounds through these two pistols with zero problems.

+1. This is my situation as well - I must have gotten a good one out of the bunch.

It seems as if Taurus owners are grouped into two distinct categories. Ones that got a good gun from Taurus, are very satisfied, and they will give a very high rating. Or on the contrary, there are those who got a POS from Taurus, and are very unhappy, resulting in a very low rating. I just wonder which group holds the most members.

They have been getting better over the years. I have owned a few and still have a PT1911 that I love shooting. I've not had any problems out of any of the ones I owned but most all of them were revolvers. The PT1911 so far has been an excellent weapon. I would recommend it to a friend.

If you have owned Taurus and had no issues they are a good weapon and rate probably a 6 or 7 in my book. If you have had issues, they might rate a 1 or even zero as one person said. Personally for me, I own 2. A 24/7 Pro DS in .40 I purchased new and a PT92AF I bought used. The .40 has about 250 rounds or so thru it, one issue with FTE due to magazine not being properly seated. The PT92 has been fired briefly (it will get more use this next weekend at the range) but after test firing I found no immediate problems.
At this point, I would have to say both guns are fine and would give Taurus a 6 rating. For the money, they seem to be fine. They go bang when the trigger is pulled and hit what I aim at.
Obviously they are not Colt, Kahr, S&W, Don Wesson or other high ticket guns, but for someone on a budget with limited finances, they are a good bet.

My PT-145 has at least 2000 trouble-free rounds through it. The firearm has worked exactly as it is supposed to. It is everything I had hoped it would be, an 11 round small 45acp, so I'll give it a 10. Others have had issues with some of Taurus products, just like some Kimber owners, Sig owners, Colt owners, Ruger owners and on and on. Remember this, for the most part the people with problem firearms holler the loudest.